2020-07-25 Second Update - Carnage at Wabamun

Wabamun Lake Carnage

Kent's Report:

Jim was on the water by 10 or so and I made it over for 11.  I started out by forgetting to take my foil cover off the stabilizer.   No you can’t foil with a cover on.  It was good foiling on 7m flyer.  

About 90 minutes in, Jim dropped into the water for quite a while - so Kent went over to see if he was alright.  Jim was sitting on his board, so I foiled close and just as I was going to drop into the water I lost control and foiled straight into his sail. 

Lucile immediately pointed out that there were only two guys on the water so how the heck did we hit each other?   Nice of her to blame us both since I was moving and Jim was sitting on his board.   

I hope the Sailworks guys can fix it as good as new.   In the meantime, I think I will have to pay for Jim’s beer until they do. 

Lac St. Anne - Alberta Beach

Andreas's Update:

Saturday was a great day foiling at AB Beach. Mike was on his 15m I was on a 7m foiling. A bit up and down but cleared out for several solid hours. 

It was great getting a good session on the foil.....now I just need to learn how to turn! 

I made a few to toeside but the switch didn't happen. My foot is swollen and my back has a few marks from the foil but all in all a good day. 

For those of you that didn't get out Sunday, sorry I should have mentioned I was golfing.....which is a guarantee for wind.

Mike's Update:

Re Alberta beach Saturday Session - It was just Andreas and myself and a couple of other kiters out.

Andreas was foiling on his 7mt  I was hanging onto my 15 Soul ….to say the wind was a bit variable was an understatement..at times I needed every bit of power just to stay planing and at others I was holding way too much kite.  

We had a bunch of unstable clouds over us that were quickly amassing and turning into T cells just to the east of us.  I found myself basically hiding from the downdraft off the clouds and actually had enough space to do so even dodged most of a shower that hammered half my normal reach area.     

It was an interesting session and Andreas was having a good time even in the crazy wind.

I made another trip out on Sunday hoping for a ride but unfortunately, there were too many people all over our grass launch area to launch a kite safely so it was a nice drive. 

Dried Meat Lake - Tillicum Beach

Ted's Update:

Thanks for all the help and advice on getting my Strava account updated.  It appears that there are a few others (Mike/Gerry) who were more concerned than I was.  Anyway, the site must be back up, because my watch sync'd by itself last night.

It appears that I did get out for a few sessions on Saturday, just like I thought!  Here is the proof...

I am managing to keep my speed up a bit during my jibes.  I had a really good one last week at about the 11.5km mark.  My board was on the water, but my speed only dropped a few km...  You can tell it is a jibe and not a long reach because the reaches are all the width of the lake - I have to jibe or I run into the shore on either side.....

I could have foiled again on Sunday, but we had company over, and I was pretty sore from a long session Saturday with lots of pumping in the lulls and tight grips on the boom during the gusts!

Keho Lake

Ross's Update:

My update was, Matt and I on Thurs and Friday kiting at Keho.  Lighter winds 9m and 11m but sunny and high 20s both days.  

Sat no kiting, went cross biking in Jasper.

Lac La Biche:

Handre didn't report, but I see from Strava that he had his first foiling session of the year!